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Sigrun Henjum

Sigrun Henjum

About

A professor in Public Health Nutrition and a clinical nutritionist, world traveler with experience in nutritional epidemiology from Algeria, Argentina, Vietnam, Nepal and with several international contacts. Her publications span several research fields within maternal and child nutrition, child growth and development, iodine excess and deficiency, malnutrition, dietary research, breastfeeding, micronutrients, the right to adequate food, and food security. She has projects on monitoring of iodine in the Norwegian population, revisiting the WHO methodology of nutritional iodine, in addition to an EU project on knowledge of iodine in young European women. She has been working with food insecurity among asylum seekers and elderly in Norway and dietary intake and micronutrients deficiencies in vegetarians and vegans. At OsloMet Sigrun is the head of the research group Public Health Nutrition and head of the Health Science Research Program. She is also supervising master and PhD students.

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Nutrition   Basic medical, dental and veterinary sciences   Social sciences   Community medicine, social medicine   Health sciences   Midical sciences

Subject areas

Human rights   Public health nutrition   Clinical nutrition   Food Security   Micronutrient deficiencies   Breastfeeding/complementary feeding   Iodine deficiency and excess   Growth and development   Nutritional epidemiology

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Scientific publications

Lara-Castor, Laura; O’Hearn, Meghan; Cudhea, Frederick; Miller, Victoria; Shi, Peilin; Zhang, Jianyi; Sharib, Julia R.; Cash, Sean B.; Barquera, Simon; Micha, Renata; Mozaffarian, Dariush; Hakeem, Rubina; Mirzaei, Masoud; Nikiema, Laetitia; Manary, Mark; Geleijnse, Johanna M.; Balfour, David; Mitchell, Claudette; Elmadfa, Ibrahim; Meyer, Alexa; Zello, Gordon; Ersino, Getahun; Henry, Carol; Fisberg, Regina; Skeaff, Sheila; Ng, Shu Wen; Adair, Linda; Jimenez, Elizabeth Yakes; Zugravu, Corina Aurelia; Moy, Foong Ming; Serra-Majem, Lluis; Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg; Thorsdottir, Inga; Steingrimsdottir, Laufey; Stuetz, Wolfgang; Eleraky, Laila; Freese, Riitta; Erkkola, Maijaliisa; Korkalo, Liisa; Haque, Aminul; Krebs, Nancy F.; Hambidge, K. Michael; Long, Julie M.; Jayawardena, Ranil; Waidyatilaka, Indu; Nöthlings, Ute; Alexy, Ute; Strand, Tor Arne; Sharma, Sangita; Pakseresht, Mohammadreza; Abbott, Pamela; Poh, Bee Koon; Manan, Wan; Jan Bin Jan Mohamed, Hamid; Shariff, Zalilah Mohd; Shamsuddin, Khadijah; Preston, Alan Martin; Ochoa, Angelica; Posada, Luz; Oleas, Mariana; Aguero, Samuel Duran; Marques, Lydia Lera; Mwanza, Sydney; Chileshe, Justin; Anderson, Simon G.; Mwaniki, Elizabeth; Abumweis, Suhad; Noshad, Sina; Esteghamati, Alireza; Zohoori, Fatemeh Vida; Karupaiah, Tilakavati; Vaask, Sirje; Dastgiri, Saeed; Moraeus, Lotta; Sipinen, Jessica Petrelius; Lemming, Eva Warensjo; Lindroos, Anna Karin; Garriguet, Didier; Swaminathan, Sumathi; Kuriyan, Rebecca; Kim, Cho-Il; De Ridder, Karin; Naska, Androniki; Fernandez, Anne; Chiplonkar, Shashi; Salanave, Benoit; Hoffman, Daniel; Wieler, Lothar; Mensink, Gert; Richter, Almut; Mirmiran, Parvin; Tedla, Bemnet; Tayyem, Reema; Janská, Veronika; Al-Hamad, Nawal; Suarez-Ortegon, Milton Fabian; Henjum, Sigrun ; Kruger, Herculina; Ding, Eric L.; Eldridge, Alison; Mahdy, Zaleha Abdullah; Chuah, Khun-Aik; Abdollahi, Morteza; Mohammadi-Nasrabadi, Fatemeh; Houshiar-rad, Anahita; Zaghloul, Sahar; Ikeda, Nayu; Rodríguez-Ramírez, Sonia; Sanchez-Romero, Luz Maria; Dommarco, Juan Rivera; Silva, Ivonne Ramirez; Ati, Jalila El; Boindala, Sesikeran; Bao, Khanh Le Nguyen; Sekiyama, Makiko; Chang, Hsing-Yi; Szponar, Lucjan; Siamusantu, Ward; Duleva, Vesselka; Petrova, Stefka; Rangelova, Lalka; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Sawada, Norie; Chen, Yu; Bovet, Pascal; Bukhary, Noriklil Bukhary Ismail; Fadzil, Fariza; Sandjaja, Sandjaja; Abedi, Parvin; Baykova, Donka; Koster, Jeremy; Sundram, Kalyana; Piaseu, Noppawan; Rojroongwasinkul, Nipa; Luke, Amy; Rybak, Constance; Vollenweider, Peter; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Siengsounthone, Latsamy; Douangvichit, Daovieng; Luangphaxay, Chanthaly; Al-Hooti, Suad; Cho, Yoonsu; Yun, Sungha; Park, Sihyun; Oh, Kyungwon; Diba, Tshilenge S.; Gulliford, Martin; Jeewon, Rajesh; Sabico, Shaun; Al-Daghri, Nasser; Alissa, Eman; Bukania, Zipporah; Kombe, Yeri; Mwangi, Moses; Mastiholi, Shivanand C.; Keding, Gudrun B.; Shimony, Tal; Goldsmith, Rebecca; Keinan-Boker, Lital; Mohammadifard, Noushin; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal; Maghroun, Maryam; Zeba, Augustin Nawidimbasba; Moursi, Mourad; de Brauw, Alan; Huybrechts, Inge; Illescas-Zarate, Daniel; de Moura Souza, Amanda; Ngoan, Le Tran; Hadziomeragic, Aida; Tejeda, Gabriela; Olivares, Sonia; Hsieh, Yao-Te; Pan, Wen-Harn; Jitnarin, Nattinee; Martin-Prevel, Yves; Costanzo, Simona; Bonaccio, Marialaura; Iacoviello, Licia; Polasa, Kalpagam; Meshram, Indrapal; Rajkumar, Hemalatha; Ginnela, Brahmam; Nagalla, Balakrishna; Laxmaiah, Avula; Nimmathota, Arlappa; Kovalskys, Irina; Ekbote, Veena; Khadilkar, Anuradha; Anzid, Karim; Pekcan, Gülden; Li, Yanping; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes; Arici, Mustafa; Veerman, Jacob Lennert; Tao, Tina; Gravel, Ron; Ali, Jennifer; Hjdaud, Zaiton; Lai, Yuen; Ma, Yi; Cao, Xia; Hadden, Wilbur; Lukito, Widjaja; Wu, Suh; Beer-Borst, Sigrid; Hung, Shu-Yi; Al-Zenki, Sameer; Yusof, Safiah; Selamat, Rusidah; Yaakub, Roseyati; Don, Rokiah; Templeton, Robert; Asciak, Renzo; Orfanos, Philippos; Palmer, Pam; Jonsdottir, Olof; Kally, Ola; Kandiah, Mirnalini; Cowan, Melanie; Chan, Mei Fen; Lee, Meei-Shyuan; Ovaskainen, Marja-Leena; Szabo, Maria; Inoue, Manami; Yap, Mabel; Riley, Leanne; Johansson, Lars; Biro, Lajos; Zarina, Khairul; Nelis, Keiu; Bundhamcharoen, Kanitta; Odenkirk, Jillian; Gaspoz, Jean-Michel; Sioen, Isabelle; Sinkko, Harri; Ibrahim, Hajah Masni; Ma, Guansheng; Swan, Gillian; Zajkas, Gabor; Farzadfar, Farshad; Vartiainen, Erkki; Sygnowska, Elzbieta; Fernando, Dulitha; Gauci, Dorothy; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Bradshaw, Debbie; van Oosterhout, Coline; Pitsavos, Christos; Hotz, Christine; Haerpfer, Christian; Leclercq, Catherine; Hopping, Beth; Ling, Annie; Tedstone, Alison; Rahbar, Ali Reza; Henauw, Stefaan De; Lachat, Carl; Guessous, Idris; Koksal, Eda; Lee, Hae-Jeung; Otero, Johanna; Caballero, Mauricio T.; Delgado, Edna Gamboa; Ng, Swee Ai; Khouw, Ilse; Misra, Anoop; Capanzana, Mario; Desnacido, Josie; Angeles-Agdeppa, Imelda; Cerdena, Corazon; Duante, Charmaine; Jordan, Irmgard; Roos, Eva; Barengo, Noel; Palacios, Cristina; Virtanen, Suvi; Lindstrom, Jaana; Tapanainen, Heli; Torres, Duarte; Lunet, Nuno; Severo, Milton; Lopes, Carla; Arambepola, Carukshi; Lanerolle, Pulani; Damasceno, Albertino; Sibai, Abla Mehio; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Arsenault, Joanne; Nurk, Eha; Hashemian, Maryam; Waswa, Lydiah M.; Nsour, Mohannad Al; Etemad, Zohreh; Ocke, Marga; Tudorie, Cornelia; Nicolau, Anca Ioana; Calleja, Neville; Malekzadeh, Reza; Thanopoulou, Anastasia; Andersen, Lene Frost; Brown, Kenneth; Khan, Umber S.; Waskiewicz, Anna; Grosso, Giuseppe; Meenakshi, J.V.; Ortiz-Ulloa, Johana; Sette, Stefania; Piccinelli, Raffaela; D’Addezio, Laura; Marconi, Emanuele; Aluso, Lilian; Boedecker, Julia; Oduor, Francis; Asayehu, Tamene Taye; Kelishadi, Roya; Zapata, María Elisa; Rovirosa, Alicia; Rached, Ingrid; Mazumdar, Paramita; Vossenaar, Marieke; Memon, Anjum; Termote, Celine; Alam, Iftikhar; Pourfarzi, Farhad; Musaiger, Abdulrahman; Lipoeto, Nur Indrawaty; Janakiram, Chandrashekar; Hwalla, Nahla; Misra, Puneet; Krishnan, Anand; El-Kour, Tatyana; Ali, Jemal Haidar; Bas, Murat; Trichopoulou, Antonia (2025). Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries. 12 p. Nature Medicine. Vol. 31.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03345-4

Reksten, Amalie Moxness; Rød, Kari Elin Langeland; Aakre, Inger; Madsen, Lise; Holvik, Kristin; Henjum, Sigrun ; Oveland, Eystein; Dahl, Lisbeth Jane (2025). Quantification of vitamin K (phylloquinone and menaquinones 4-10) in various shellfish. 12 p. British Journal of Nutrition.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114525000261

Morseth, Marianne ; Henjum, Sigrun ; Terragni, Laura (2024). Self-perceived food literacy among staff in Norwegian childcare institutions. Norsk tidsskrift for ernæring (NTFE).
https://doi.org/10.18261/ntfe.22.2.2

Morseth, Marianne S. ; Gananathan, Siyamali; Henjum, Sigrun ; Terragni, Laura (2024). Transmission of food literacy to youth in Norwegian childcare institutions – a qualitative study. Food & Nutrition Research (FNR). Vol. 68.
https://doi.org/10.29219/fnr.v68.9803

Henjum, Sigrun ; Rosendahl-Riise, Hanne; Morseth, Marianne S. ; Hevrøy, Thyra Jensen; Hjartåker, Anette; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv; Aakre, Inger (2024). Iodine nutrition in Community-dwelling Older Persons from Norway. Norsk tidsskrift for ernæring (NTFE). Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.18261/ntfe.22.4.2

Lara-Castor, Laura; Micha, Renata; Cudhea, Frederick; Miller, Victoria; Shi, Peilin; Zhang, Jianyi; Sharib, Julia R.; Erndt-Marino, Josh; Cash, Sean B.; Barquera, Simon; Mozaffarian, Dariush; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Bas, Murat; Ali, Jemal Haidar; El-Kour, Tatyana; Krishnan, Anand; Misra, Puneet; Hwalla, Nahla; Janakiram, Chandrashekar; Lipoeto, Nur Indrawaty; Musaiger, Abdulrahman; Pourfarzi, Farhad; Alam, Iftikhar; Termote, Celine; Memon, Anjum; Vossenaar, Marieke; Mazumdar, Paramita; Rached, Ingrid; Rovirosa, Alicia; Zapata, Maria Elisa; Kelishadi, Roya; Asayehu, Tamene Taye; Oduor, Francis; Boedecker, Julia; Aluso, Lilian; Marconi, Emanuele; D'Addezio, Laura; Piccinelli, Raffaela; Sette, Stefania; Ortiz-Ulloa, Johana; Meenakshi, J.V.; Grosso, Giuseppe; Waskiewicz, Anna; Khan, Umber S.; Brown, Kenneth; Andersen, Lene Frost; Thanopoulou, Anastasia; Malekzadeh, Reza; Henjum, Sigrun ; Strand, Tor Arne (2024). Intake of sugar sweetened beverages among children and adolescents in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018: population based study. 10 p. The BMJ. Vol. 386.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-079234

Solvik, Beate Stokke; Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; McCann, Adrian; Ueland, Per Magne; Henjum, Sigrun ; Strand, Tor Arne (2024). Breastfeeding and biomarkers of folate and cobalamin status in Norwegian infants: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Nutritional Science (JNS). Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.1017/jns.2024.54

Ahles, Amelia; Muhammad, Andrew; Yenerall, Jacqueline N.; Reedy, Julia; Shi, Peilin; Zhang, Jianyi; Cudhea, Frederick; Erndt-Marino, Josh; Miller, Victoria; Mozaffarian, Dariush; Abbott, Pamela; Abdollahi, Morteza; Abedi, Parvin; Abumweis, Suhad; Adair, Linda; Nsour, Mohannad Al; Alam, Iftikhar; Al-Daghri, Nasser; Sabico, Shaun; Alhamad, Nawal Ai; Al-Hooti, Suad; Alissa, Eman; Al-Zenki, Sameer; Anderson, Simon; Anzid, Karim; Arambepola, Carukshi; Arici, Mustafa; Arsenault, Joanne; Asciak, Renzo; Biró, Lajos; Barengo, Noël; Barquera, Simon; Dommarco, Juan Rivera; Illescas-Zarate, Daniel; Sánchez-Romero, Luz Maria; Ramirez, Sonia Rodriguez; Silva, Ivonne Ramirez; Bas, Murat; Becker, Wulf; Beer-Borst, Sigrid; Bergman, Per; Lindroos, Anna Karin; Sipinen, Jessica Petrelius; Moraeus, Lotta; Boindala, Sesikeran; Bovet, Pascal; Bradshaw, Debbie; Bundhamcharoen, Kanitta; Caballero, Mauricio T.; Calleja, Neville; Cao, Xia; Capanzana, Mario; Carmikle, Jan; Castetbon, Katia; Castro, Michelle; Cerdena, Corazon; Chang, Hsing-Yi; Charlton, Karen; Chen, Yu; Chiplonkar, Shashi; Cho, Yoonsu; Chuah, Khun-Aik; Costanzo, Simona; Cowan, Melanie; Damasceno, Albertino; Dastgiri, Saeed; Henauw, Stefaan De; Lachat, Carl; Deridder, Karin; Ding, Eric; Don, Rokiah; Duante, Charmaine; Duleva, Vesselka; Aguero, Samuel Duran; Ekbote, Veena; Ati, Jalila El; Eldridge, Alison; El-Kour, Tatyana; Nikiema, Laetitia; Elmadfa, Ibrahim; Barbieri, Helene Enghardt; Esteghamati, Alireza; Etemad, Zohreh; Fadzil, Fariza; Farzadfar, Farshad; Chan, Mei Fen; Fernandez, Anne; Fernando, Dulitha; Fisberg, Regina; Forsyth, Simon; Delgado, Edna Gamboa; Garriguet, Didier; Gaspoz, Jean-Michel; Gauci, Dorothy; Geleijnse, Johanna M.; Ginnela, Brahmam; Grosso, Giuseppe; Guessous, Idris; Gulliford, Martin; Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg; Thorsdottir, Inga; Thorgeirsdottir, Holmfridur; Hadden, Wilbur; Hadziomeragic, Aida; Haerpfer, Christian; Ali, Jemal Haidar; Hakeem, Rubina; Haque, Aminul; Hashemian, Maryam; Hemalatha, Rajkumar; Laxmaiah, Avula; Meshram, Indrapal; Rachakulla, Harikumar; Arlappa, Nimmathota; Henjum, Sigrun ; Hinkov, Hristo; Hjdaud, Zaiton; Hopping, Beth; Houshiar-Rad, Anahita; Hsieh, Yao-Te; Hung, Shu-Yi; Huybrechts, Inge; Hwalla, Nahla Chawkat; Ikeda, Nayu; Inoue, Manami; Jonsdottir, Olof; Mohamed, Hamid Jan Bin Jan; Janakiram, Chandrashekar; Jeewon, Rajesh; Johansson, Nattinee Jitnarin Lars; Kally, Ola; Kandiah, Mirnalini; Karupaiah, Tilakavati; Keinan-Boker, Lital; Kelishadi, Roya; Khadilkar, Anuradha; Kim, Cho-Il; Koksal, Eda; Konig, Jurgen; Korkalo, Liisa; Roos, Eva; Koster, Jeremy; Kovalskys, Irina; Krishnan, Anand; Kruger, Herculina; Kuriyan-Raj, Rebecca; Oh, Kyungwon; Lai, Yuen; Lanerolle, Pulani; Waidyatilaka, Indu; Leclercq, Catherine; Lee, Meei-Shyuan; Lee, Hae-Jeung; Veerman, J Lennert; Marques, Lydia Lera; Li, Yanping; Lindström, Jaana; Ling, Annie; Lipoeto, Nur Indrawaty; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Luke, Amy; Lukito, Widjaja; Lunet, Nuno; Lopes, Carla; Severo, Milton; Torres, Duarte; Lupotto, Elisabette; Turrini, Aida; Sette, Stefania; Piccinelli, Raffaela; Ma, Yi; Mahdy, Zaleha Abdullah; Malekzadeh, Reza; Manan, Wan; Marchioni, Dirce; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Martin-Prevel, Yves; Ibrahim, Hajah Masni; Mathee, Angie; Matsumura, Yasuhiro; Mazumdar, Paramita; Sibai, Abla M.; Memon, Anjum; Mensink, Gert; Meyer, Alexa; Mirmiran, Parvin; Mirzaei, Masoud; Misra, Puneet; Misra, Anoop; Mitchell, Claudette; Balfour, David; Mohammadifard, Noushin; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal; Mwangi, Moses; Maghroun, Maryam; Mohammadi-Nasrabadi, Fatemeh; Shariff, Zalilah Mohd; Moy, Foong Ming; Musaiger, Abdulrahman; Mwaniki, Elizabeth; Myhre, Jannicke Borch; Nagalla, Balakrishna; Naska, Androniki; Zeba, Augustin Nawidimbasba; Ng, Shu Wen; Ngoan, Le Tran; Noshad, Sina; Ochoa, Angelica; Ocke, Marga; Odenkirk, Jillian; Oleas, Mariana; Olivares, Sonia; Orfanos, Philippos; Ortiz-Ulloa, Johana; Otero, Johanna; Ovaskainen, Marja-Leena; Pakseresht, Mohammadreza; Palacios, Cristina; Palmer, Pam; Pan, Wen-Harn; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes; Parajuli, Rajendra; Pekcan, Gulden; Petrova, Stefka; Piaseu, Noppawan; Pitsavos, Christos; Polasa, Kalpagam; Posada, Luz; Pourfarzi, Farhad; Preston, Alan Martin; Rached, Ingrid; Rahbar, Ali Reza; Rehm, Colin; Richter, Almut; Riley, Leanne; Salanave, Benoit; Sawada, Norie; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Sekiyama, Makiko; Selamat, Rusidah; Shamsuddin, Khadijah; Sharma, Sangita; Sinkko, Harri; Sioen, Isabelle; Sisa, Ivan; Skeaff, Sheila; Steingrimsdottir, Laufey; Strand, Tor Arne; Suarez-Ortegon, Milton Fabian; Swaminathan, Sumathi; Swan, Gillian; Sygnowska, Elzbieta; Szabo, Maria; Szponar, Lucjan; Khouw, Ilse; Ng, Swee Ai; Tapanainen, Heli; Tayyem, Reema; Tedla, Bemnet; Tedstone, Alison; Templeton, Robert; Termote, Celine; Thanopoulou, Anastasia; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Oosterhout, Coline Van; Vartiainen, Erkki; Virtanen, Suvi; Vollenweider, Peter; Vossenaar, Marieke; Warensjo, Eva; Waskiewicz, Anna; Wieler, Lothar; Wu, Suh; Yaakub, Roseyati; Yap, Mabel; Yusof, Safiah; Zaghloul, Sahar; Zajkás, Gábor; Zapata, Maria Elisa; Zarina, Khairul; Zohoori, Fatemeh Vida; Manary, Mark; Bukania, Zipporah; Kombe, Yeri; Vaask, Sirje; Long, Julie; Hambidge, K. Michael; Diba, Tshilenge S.; Mastiholi, Shivanand C.; Khan, Umber S.; Tejeda, Gabriela; Nurk, Eha; Nelis, Keiu; Nöthlings, Ute; Alexy, Ute; Tudorie, Cornelia; Nicolau, Anca; Souza, Amanda De Moura; Brauw, Alan De; Moursi, Mourad; Rovirosa, Alicia; Henry, Carol; Ersino, Getahun; Zello, Gordon; Luangphaxay, Chanthaly; Douangvichit, Daovieng; Siengsounthone, Latsamy; Hotz, Christine; Rybak, Constance; Zugravu, Corina Aurelia; Baykova, Donka; Yakes-Jimenez, Elizabeth; Keding, Gudrun B.; Waswa, Lydiah M.; Jordan, Irmgard; Meenakshi, J.V.; Desnacido, Josie; Agdeppa, Imelda Angeles; Chileshe, Justin; Mwanza, Sydney; Sundram, Kalyana; Eleraky, Laila; Stuetz, Wolfgang; Rangelova, Lalka; Aluso, Lilian; Boedecker, Julia; Oduor, Francis; Serra-Majem, Lluis; Asayehu, Tamene Taye; Janska, Veronika; Siamusantu, Ward; Brown, Ken (2024). How prices and income influence global patterns in saturated fat intake by age, sex and world region: a cross-sectional analysis of 160 countries. 10 p. BMJ Open. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074562

Henjum, Sigrun ; Groufh-Jacobsen, Synne ; Aakre, Inger; Gjengedal, Elin Lovise Folven; Langfjord, Mina Marthinsen; Heen, Espen Kolstad; Sele, Veronika; Andersson, Maria (2023). Thyroid function and urinary concentrations of iodine, selenium, and arsenic in vegans, lacto-ovo vegetarians and pescatarians. European Journal of Nutrition. Vol. 62.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-023-03218-5

Torheim, Liv Elin ; Løvhaug, Anne Lene ; Huseby, Camilla Sanne; Henjum, Sigrun ; Terragni, Laura ; Poelman, Maartje; Harrington, Janas M.; Vandevijvere, Stefanie; Roos, Gun (2023). Evaluation and prioritization of food environment policies in Norway using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). Food & Nutrition Research (FNR). Vol. 67.
https://doi.org/10.29219/fnr.v67.9117





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